The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 18, 2056
Waxing Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
10:03 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1648
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 | 26.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 4.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.97° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.57° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.