The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2001
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
12:45 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 967
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 | 290.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.3° / 232.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -22.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.40° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.76° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| 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.