The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1975
Waning Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 AM
2:39 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 646
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 | 293.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 223.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -13.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.10° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.06° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.