The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 PM
5:00 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 399
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 | 161.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 16.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / -3.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.07° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.67° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.