The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 5, 1912
Waning Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
7:59 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -133
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 | 226.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -23.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.68° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.46° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.