The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 8, 2005
New Moon
0.0% 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
7:01 AM
8:07 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1017
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.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 0% of the Sun is covered at 6:17 PM.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 144.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 02m / 5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.51° / -0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.01° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.7° |
| 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.