The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2050
Waning Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
2:51 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1573
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 | 299.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 217.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -16.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.46° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.11° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.