The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 1998
Waning Crescent
23.6% 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
2:13 AM
4:50 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 244.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 44m / 18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.71° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / 4.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.33° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.