The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2105
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:40 AM
10:56 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2254
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.13° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.90° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.