The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 1, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
73.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
1:51 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.24° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.29° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.