The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 19, 2018
Waxing Crescent
5.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 AM
10:05 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.2%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1178
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 113.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.87° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.98° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| 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.