The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1974
Waning Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
2:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 633
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 | 301.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 214.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.70° / 2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -121.08° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.