The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 13, 1998
Waning Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
3:06 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.11° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.81° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.91° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.