The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 1950
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
7:35 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 337
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 | 219.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 279.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -22.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.29° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.89° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.