The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1991
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
9:45 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 844
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 | 30.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 117.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 15.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.85° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.81° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.