The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 30, 1998
Waxing Crescent
9.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
10:09 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.9%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 36.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 12.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.19° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.85° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.