The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 5, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
6:03 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1203
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 | 145.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 8.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 11.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.54° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.37° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.