The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 5, 2105
Waning Gibbous
70.0% 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
1:01 AM
10:41 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2254
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 252.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -21.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.27° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.23° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.