The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 2009
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
7:15 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1072
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.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 153.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / -1.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.34° / -4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.49° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 35.9° |
| 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.