The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 5, 1970
New Moon
0.3% 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
5:42 AM
6:46 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 584
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 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.4° / 176.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 5.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.30° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.14° / -2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.41° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.3° |
| 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.