The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 1988
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 AM
7:45 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 807
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 | 8.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 151.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / 3.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.95° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.76° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.