The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 24, 2009
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
8:15 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1067
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 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.0° / 148.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 38m / 15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.38° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.86° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| 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.