The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 5, 1942
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 238
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 | 236.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 262.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.52° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.00° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.