The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 2172
Waning Crescent
35.5% 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
- 35.5%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3082
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.3° / 220.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 11m / -27.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.77° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.33° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.92° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.