The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 29, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
12:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 937
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 85.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -18.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.45° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.62° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.