The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 4, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
4:47 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.6° / 1.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.66° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.73° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.