The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, March 31, 1998
Waxing Crescent
18.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
11:17 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 98.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 59m / 15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.83° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.33° / 7.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.64° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.