The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2129
Waning Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
6:00 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2550
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 | 337.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 174.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -10.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.78° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.11° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.