The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 2005
Waning Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
4:32 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1017
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.2° / 195.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -13.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.32° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.35° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.