The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 1916
Waxing Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
10:37 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 396,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -83
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 | 36.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 102.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 22.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.59° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.65° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.