The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 5, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
3:52 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 44.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 15.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.97° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.16° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| 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.