The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 5, 2137
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
6:40 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2650
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 171.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 335.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -4.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.46° / -1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 2.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.10° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.