The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 2, 1998
Waxing Crescent
38.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
12:20 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.1%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 78.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.79° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.21° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.23° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.