The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 18, 2145
Waning Crescent
22.1% 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
4:39 AM
3:17 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.1%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2748
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 | 304.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 213.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -14.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.46° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.76° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.