The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, March 21, 1998
Last Quarter
46.1% 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
1:43 AM
11:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.1%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Mar 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.52° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.42° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.25° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.