The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
1:55 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 226
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 | 98.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 65.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 39m / 16.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.80° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.86° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.