The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2097
Waxing Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:16 AM
12:19 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2155
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 76.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 21.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.70° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.04° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.