The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 23, 1998
Waning Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
1:49 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.5° / 229.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.28° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.99° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.64° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.