The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 1906
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
7:05 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -201
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 Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.8° / 162.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 4.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.27° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.15° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.0° |
| 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.