The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 1998
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 AM
6:45 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.2° / 179.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 10.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.64° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / 0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.00° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.