The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 10, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
6:37 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 342.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -0.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.85° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / -2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.29° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.