The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 5, 2198
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 AM
7:32 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3404
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 | 350.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.3° / 157.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 6.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.69° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.73° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.