The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 5, 2002
Waning Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 AM
12:13 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 980
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 | 282.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.90° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.74° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.