The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2096
Waning Crescent
36.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
1:16 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.3%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2142
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 | 286.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.17° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.85° / 5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.07° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.