The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1994
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 AM
3:14 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 881
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 | 300.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 219.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -11.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.06° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.87° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.