The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 20, 1998
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
11:03 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
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March equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Spring begins in the northern hemisphere and autumn in the southern.
Exact values
For Mar 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.1° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.73° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.02° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.07° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.