The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 19, 1998
Waning Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Mar 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.24° / 5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.29° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.89° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.