The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2018
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
9:00 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1178
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.2° / 127.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 49m / 0.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.51° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.19° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.