The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 1935
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
7:00 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 157
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 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 155.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / -5.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.93° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.49° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 25.9° |
| 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.