The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 5, 1991
Waning Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
9:50 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 844
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 253.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -25.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.36° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.32° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.