The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 4, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
3:13 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 935
Events on this date
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 46.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -18.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.30° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.31° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| 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.