The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 1994
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
7:38 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 886
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 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.4° / 149.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 3.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.45° / -4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / 6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.28° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 32.8° |
| 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.