The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 1996
Waning Crescent
0.8% 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
5:59 AM
6:08 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 905
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.2° / 179.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -2.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.66° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.55° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.