The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 1928
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 PM
6:41 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 65
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 | 186.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 333.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.81° / 3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.28° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.