The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 5, 1937
Waning Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
1:04 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 176
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 | 287.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 238.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.39° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.25° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.16° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.