The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 21, 1998
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
8:16 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 937
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 136.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -0.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.01° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.31° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| 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.