The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 1951
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
6:29 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 349
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 180.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 21m / 3.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.32° / 1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / -1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.59° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.