The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 6, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
77.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 PM
4:31 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 13.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.23° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.98° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.