The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 6, 1951
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 AM
7:34 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 350
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 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.1° / 160.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 9.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.08° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.81° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.5° |
| 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.