The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 9, 2157
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 AM
8:33 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2898
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 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.3° / 139.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 11.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.20° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.08° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.07° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 160.9° |
| 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.