The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1932
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
6:54 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 114
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.3° / 171.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 6.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.92° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.99° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.