The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
7:04 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1240
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 | 173.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 331.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -1.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.48° / 2.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -2.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.55° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.