The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 5, 2042
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 PM
7:15 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1475
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 8:14 AM, is deepest at 10:28 AM and ends at 12:43 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.5° / 320.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.78° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.