The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 22, 1911
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
6:48 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -139
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 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 166.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 2.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.80° / 2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.91° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.