The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 1955
Waning Crescent
31.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
1:03 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.1%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 398
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 232.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.71° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.79° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.