The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 2108
Waning Crescent
27.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
2:55 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2291
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 296.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -12.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.01° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.31° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.