The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 8, 1998
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 PM
9:29 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 299.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 2.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.21° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.52° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.96° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.