The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 7, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
73.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
3:22 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.9%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.3° / 49.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 18.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.41° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.00° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.