The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 1, 1946
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 AM
6:28 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 287
Events on this date
-
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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 172.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / -2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.52° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 27.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.