The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 2186
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 PM
8:20 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3256
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 | 199.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.4° / 296.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -8.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.57° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.68° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.