The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 9, 1929
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
7:04 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 77
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 | 358.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.9° / 167.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 4.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.41° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.30° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 8.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.