The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 5, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
6:04 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 358,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 869
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 347.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -4.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.06° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.58° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.