The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
4:05 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2712
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.67° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.72° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.