The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 30, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
1:27 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 937
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 74.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -17.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.41° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.81° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.43° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.