The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 4, 2005
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 AM
3:16 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1017
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 207.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.99° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.24° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.14° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.