The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, March 18, 1998
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 PM
9:40 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 240.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 271.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -14.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.01° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.29° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.72° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| 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.