The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, March 22, 1998
Waning Crescent
35.7% 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
2:35 AM
12:48 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 238.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.69° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.42° / -4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.44° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.