The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2039
Waning Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
1:22 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1437
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 | 285.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 223.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -24.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.90° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.68° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.