The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 3, 2053
New Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
7:30 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1611
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 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 315.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -5.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.17° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.27° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.