The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 AM
5:55 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1140
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 178.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -7.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.16° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.65° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.