The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 3, 2057
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
7:41 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1660
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 | 355.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.2° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / -0.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.75° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.41° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.95° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 16.3° |
| 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.