The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 1, 2003
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
6:55 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 992
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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.1° / 165.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 45m / 0.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.49° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.74° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 351.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.