The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 5, 2189
Waning Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 AM
10:04 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3293
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 | 240.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -24.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.01° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 2.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.66° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.