The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 1908
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
6:52 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -176
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 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 165.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / 3.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.14° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.39° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.35° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 218.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.