The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 1958
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
5:22 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 435
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 | 341.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 192.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -4.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.12° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.93° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.