The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 1961
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
9:02 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 25.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.6° / 128.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 5.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.40° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.88° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.