The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1178
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.1° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 13.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.20° / -5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.56° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.