The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 9, 1967
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 AM
7:00 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- 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 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 168.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 4.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.75° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / 2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.12° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 24.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.