The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 1973
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
7:05 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 628
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 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 153.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / -6.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.52° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.91° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 7.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.