The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
3:20 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1871
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 | 100.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 50.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 53m / 19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.52° / -1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.70° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.13° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.