The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 11, 1998
Waning Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
1:00 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 57m / 15.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.20° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.51° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.