The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
6:05 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1153
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 | 334.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 179.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / -3.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.81° / 0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.82° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.