The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 5, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
5:11 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 164
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 | 166.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 10.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -5.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.22° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.29° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.