The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 1905
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 AM
7:45 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -219
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 | 7.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 150.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 5.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.20° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.15° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.