The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 24, 1998
Waning Crescent
16.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
2:55 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.3%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 219.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 12m / -13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.32° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.85° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.