The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2028
Waning Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
12:40 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1301
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 229.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 29m / -25.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.46° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.41° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.