The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 15, 1998
Waning Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
9:18 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 931
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 272.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.67° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.56° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.