The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 1, 2022
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
8:32 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1228
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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.3° / 135.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 3.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.72° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.96° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.