The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 1900
Waxing Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
12:41 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -281
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.4° / 75.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 09m / 21.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.98° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.36° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.