The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 7, 1997
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
8:31 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 919
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.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 137.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 6.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.70° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.48° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.