The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2167
Waning Crescent
9.1% 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
6:12 AM
4:51 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.1%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3020
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 325.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 188.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -14.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.89° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.51° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.