The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 3, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
3:43 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 32.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.78° / 2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.91° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.