The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 6, 2160
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
8:18 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2934
Events on this date
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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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 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.0° / 142.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 10.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.02° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.46° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.