The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 16, 2018
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
6:55 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1177
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 158.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -8.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.57° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.39° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 49.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.