The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 5, 1940
Waning Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
5:14 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 213
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.9° / 200.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -0.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.54° / 2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.31° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.