The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 1966
Waning Crescent
10.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
3:20 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.9%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 534
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 205.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.48° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.26° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.