The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 26, 1998
Waxing Crescent
29.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
11:00 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.1%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 937
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 105.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.44° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.77° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.21° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.