The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1980
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
9:16 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 708
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.67° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.16° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.11° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.