The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 8, 2054
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 AM
8:41 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1624
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 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 133.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 6.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.71° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.11° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.