The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 5, 1901
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 PM
6:43 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -269
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 312.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -14.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.14° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.08° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.