The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 1976
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
7:13 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 664
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.7° 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 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.1° / 154.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / -2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.47° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.08° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.63° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.1° |
| 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.