The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 19, 1998
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 AM
7:17 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.1° / 160.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.90° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.23° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.