The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 4, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
3:08 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 932
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 53.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.10° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.37° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.