The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1964
Waxing Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 510
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 | 61.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.74° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.76° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.