The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 5, 1996
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
7:07 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 906
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 | 201.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.4° / 308.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 23m / -12.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.38° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -1.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.91° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.