The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 1, 1998
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 AM
10:10 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 113.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 5.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.62° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / 5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.09° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.