The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 5, 1930
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
1:19 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 90
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 | 79.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 28.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.13° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.30° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.