The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2069
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
2:58 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1808
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 | 300.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.5° / 216.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.07° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.22° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.91° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.