The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 1961
Waning Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
9:10 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 473
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 | 234.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 273.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.49° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.32° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.