The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 1962
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
8:12 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 486
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 143.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.88° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.44° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.92° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.