The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 5, 2015
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
7:47 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1141
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 | 192.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 303.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -9.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.44° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / -1.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.04° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.