The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 18, 2053
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
6:15 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1610
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 171.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -6.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.60° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.25° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.