The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 5, 2179
Waning Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
6:53 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3169
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.2° / 169.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / 4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.91° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.92° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.