The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 5, 2008
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
7:49 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1054
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 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 152.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / 6.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.42° / 3.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.41° / -3.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.49° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.