The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2005
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 AM
8:13 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1022
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 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.8° / 139.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.98° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.25° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 184.4° |
| 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.