The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 8, 1934
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
7:33 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 144
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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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 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 150.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 4.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.42° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.09° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| 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.