The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 18, 2164
Waning Crescent
23.1% 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
4:33 AM
3:10 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.1%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2983
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 214.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -15.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.41° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.58° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| 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.