The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 5, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
68.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 PM
3:57 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1401
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 42.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 16.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.39° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.38° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.56° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| 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.