The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 3, 1998
New Moon
48.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
1:17 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 931
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 | 88.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 70.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 18.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.08° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.39° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.03° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.