The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1949
Waxing Crescent
41.3% 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
10:10 AM
1:23 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 325
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 | 79.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 67.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 24m / 28.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.34° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.90° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.49° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.