The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 1998
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 AM
9:15 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 937
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 121.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -8.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.78° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.86° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.