The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 2056
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:17 AM
11:11 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1648
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 | 252.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 56m / -21.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.01° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / -2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.58° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.