The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 1977
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
5:54 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 670
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 | 347.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.7° / 184.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.57° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.74° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.