The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
3:57 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 362
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.16° / 0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.45° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.44° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.