The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 5, 1989
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
7:49 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 819
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other 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 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.7° / 152.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / 6.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.98° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.69° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.