The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 1994
Waxing Crescent
32.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.9%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 881
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 69.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 81.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 24m / 20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.71° / -1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.71° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.