The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 5, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
4:10 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1537
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 | 114.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 50m / 15.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.51° / -1.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.25° / 2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.33° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.7° |
| 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.