The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 17, 1998
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
9:05 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 281.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -12.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.96° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.55° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.