The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2021
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1215
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.4° / 81.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 17.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.18° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / 2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.05° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.