The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 1945
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
12:15 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 275
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 237.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.85° / -0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.57° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.03° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.