The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 1998
Waning Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
5:33 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.6° / 226.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.59° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.55° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.