The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2126
Waning Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
3:01 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2513
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 | 301.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 216.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -15.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.99° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.95° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.