The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 10, 1998
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
11:51 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 286.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 11.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.76° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.63° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.33° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.