The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2078
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
12:29 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1920
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 74.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 21.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.65° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.85° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.