The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 4, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
2:07 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 62.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 45m / 17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.95° / -3.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.10° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.84° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.