The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 2181
Waning Gibbous
61.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
11:37 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.6%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3194
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 | 256.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 248.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 13m / -19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.04° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.26° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| 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.