The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 5, 2010
Waning Gibbous
57.2% 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
2:21 AM
11:40 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1079
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 | 261.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 240.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -24.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.61° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.60° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.