The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2077
Waning Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 AM
12:58 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1907
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 226.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -25.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.64° / -2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.21° / 3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.27° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.