The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 1910
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 AM
7:00 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -158
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 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 167.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 3.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.34° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.89° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 11.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.