The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 1975
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
12:31 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 646
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 | 63.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 76.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 56m / 20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.21° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.49° / 0.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.02° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| 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.