The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1977
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
7:03 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 671
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 308.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -12.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.03° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.13° / -0.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.10° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.