The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 1999
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
7:55 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 943
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.6° / 146.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 0.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.22° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.49° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.