The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2051
Waxing Crescent
42.3% 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
11:53 AM
1:44 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1586
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 | 80.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.7° / 65.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 19.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.98° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.01° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| 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.