The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 5, 2026
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1277
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 | 220.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 267.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -24.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.24° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.35° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.40° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.