The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 4, 1905
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
6:50 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -220
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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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 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 168.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 1.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.37° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.73° / 4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.63° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 19.2° |
| 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.