The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1958
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
7:02 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 436
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.2° / 307.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -13.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.33° / 0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.36° / -0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.30° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.