The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 5, 1976
Waxing Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 659
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 | 65.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 25m / 19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.64° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.33° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| 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.