The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 2018
Waning Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
10:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1178
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 | 241.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 258.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.96° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.00° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| 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.