The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 15, 1998
Waning Gibbous
94.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
8:03 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 306.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 27m / -5.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.18° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.23° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.