The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 5, 1948
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
3:16 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 312
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 | 316.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 212.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -15.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.52° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.63° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.