The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 5, 2014
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 AM
1:09 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1129
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 | 71.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 18.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.13° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.42° / 0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.