The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 5, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
4:23 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1772
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 37.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 13.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.48° / -2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.53° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.