The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 5, 1907
Last Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
11:29 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -195
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.66° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.04° / -1.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.94° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.