The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 28, 1998
First Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 937
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -18.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.84° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.81° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.