The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1966
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
6:29 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 535
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 338.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.77° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.