The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1921
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
4:34 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -22
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 | 328.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 209.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 56m / -2.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.07° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.49° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.