The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 2, 1998
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
11:20 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 99.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 9.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.30° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.89° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.9° |
| 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.