The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1938
Waxing Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 189
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 | 64.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 83.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 16m / 21.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.85° / -1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.96° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.