The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 1998
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
10:41 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 7.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.07° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.14° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.