The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 5, 2143
Waning Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
11:17 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2724
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 249.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.81° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.65° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.