The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 21, 1979
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
7:52 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 702
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.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 1.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.8° / 143.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 1.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.90° / 2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.12° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.