The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
6:04 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1104
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 | 164.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 348.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / -4.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.29° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.78° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.