The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 14, 1909
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:58 AM
7:10 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -164
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.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 162.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / 7.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.06° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.09° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.09° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 217.8° |
| 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.