The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
4:03 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1166
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 | 113.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 41.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.00° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.37° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.