The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 1910
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
7:26 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -153
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 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 161.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 12.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.75° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.44° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 199.0° |
| 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.