The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 2153
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
5:36 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2848
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 20.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.53° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.29° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.