The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1960
Waxing Gibbous
63.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:55 PM
2:25 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.5%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 461
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 | 105.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.51° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.06° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.