The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2153
Waning Crescent
35.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
1:15 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2847
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 | 287.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.5° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -27.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.42° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.12° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.