The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1904
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -232
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 | 246.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 264.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -17.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.09° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / -6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.07° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.