The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1957
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 PM
7:54 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 423
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 292.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -14.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.39° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.26° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.