The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 5, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
1:52 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -244
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 65.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 36m / 16.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.09° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.48° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| 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.