The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2004
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
4:21 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1004
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 195.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.89° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.88° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.