The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 19, 1952
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
7:30 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 368
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.
-
Neptune, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.2° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 147.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / -3.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.67° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.04° / 4.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.49° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 333.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.