The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 2, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
2:44 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.5° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.31° / 3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.10° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.