The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
6:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2143
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 354.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.66° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.38° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.