The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 15, 1961
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 AM
7:47 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 474
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 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.7° / 152.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 8.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.56° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.61° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.