The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 5, 2086
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
11:06 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2019
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 | 252.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 248.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -22.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.84° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.01° / -0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.63° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.