The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 27, 2006
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
8:37 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1030
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 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.0° / 139.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 08m / 15.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.16° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / -3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.42° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.