The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 5, 1981
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
8:11 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 721
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.2° / 143.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 6.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.05° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.12° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.