The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 5, 2151
Waning Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:46 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2823
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 261.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.59° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / -0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.03° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.