The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, March 26, 1998
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
5:17 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 930
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 192.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.63° / -0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.27° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.