The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 22, 1998
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
8:45 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 937
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 128.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.93° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.23° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.09° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.