The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 1992
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
7:51 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 857
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 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 154.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 12.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.11° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.10° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.3° |
| 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.