The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 1, 1967
New Moon
51.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
10:48 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.9%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 547
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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.4° / 242.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -27.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.28° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.44° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.