The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 25, 2003
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 AM
7:33 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 998
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 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 151.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 5.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.89° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.54° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.73° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 146.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.