The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 21, 2012
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
8:57 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 129.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.88° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.67° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 223.4° |
| 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.