The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 2046
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:27 AM
7:34 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1524
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 | 350.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 156.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 6.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.91° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.15° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.90° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.