The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 5, 1999
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 943
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 | 231.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -16.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.35° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.93° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.21° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.