The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 1983
Waxing Crescent
16.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
10:55 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.2%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 745
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 | 47.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 54m / 12.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.77° / -3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.16° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.