The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 1925
New Moon
0.4% 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
7:31 AM
8:15 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 34
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 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 137.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 3.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.89° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.84° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.