The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 1965
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
7:37 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 528
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° 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 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 151.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 6.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.96° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.13° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 149.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.