The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 4, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
5:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 937
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.0° / 350.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 44m / -4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.68° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.76° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.