The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 7, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 PM
5:06 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 24.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 12m / 10.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.29° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.80° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.