The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 17, 1998
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 AM
6:11 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 203.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 29m / 13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.22° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.77° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.