The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Waxing Crescent
7.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 AM
10:54 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.7%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1079
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 | 31.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 102.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.74° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.52° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.