The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 18, 2165
Waxing Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
1:30 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2996
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 68.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 08m / 17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.55° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.52° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.