The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 1924
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
6:35 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 21
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 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 171.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 1.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.52° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -3.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.01° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 176.6° |
| 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.