The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 2091
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
8:25 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2081
Events on this date
-
Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -10.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.99° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.02° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.