The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 5, 2024
Waning Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 AM
4:24 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1252
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 | 316.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 198.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 25m / -13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.94° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.16° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.