The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 7, 1998
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
8:17 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 307.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / -1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.32° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.79° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.