The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 18, 2135
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
11:37 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2625
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 94.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.40° / 1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.81° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.