The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 2, 2030
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
8:04 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1326
Events on this date
-
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 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.4° / 146.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 30m / 8.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.12° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.58° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.