The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 5, 2054
Waning Crescent
6.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
5:42 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.3%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1623
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 183.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.12° / -0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.23° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.