The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2107
Waning Crescent
30.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
2:23 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.3%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2278
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 222.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.94° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.14° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| 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.