The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1965
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
6:42 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 522
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 168.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 37m / -1.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.01° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.67° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 13.3° |
| 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.