The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1997
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
5:09 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 918
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,500 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 199.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -2.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.76° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.21° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.54° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.