The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 1930
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
7:48 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 96
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 | 2.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.7° / 144.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.41° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.22° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| 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.