The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 2051
Waning Crescent
36.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
2:00 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.6%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1586
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 | 285.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 230.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.56° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.21° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.09° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.