The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 6, 1998
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
7:05 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 5:15 AM, is deepest at 7:10 AM and ends at 9:04 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 318.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 13m / -6.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.51° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.