The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 20, 1998
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
7:47 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 146.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 3.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.02° / 2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.46° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 203.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.