The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1947
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
6:28 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 300
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 342.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -2.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.85° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 37.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.