The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
4:59 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 832
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 | 129.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 28.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 12.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.89° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.43° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.56° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.