The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 23, 2018
Waxing Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
1:24 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1178
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 68.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 18m / 18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.10° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.17° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.