The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1953
Waxing Crescent
14.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
11:08 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 374
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 98.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.80° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.22° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.