The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 4, 2106
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
8:43 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2267
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.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 134.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 9.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.87° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.29° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.18° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.0° |
| 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.