The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 6, 2002
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
8:09 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 985
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° 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 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.4° / 143.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.32° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.30° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 149.0° |
| 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.