The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 5, 2004
Full Moon
99.9% 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
8:32 PM
7:23 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1005
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 317.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 13m / -5.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.95° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.