The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 2016
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 AM
7:19 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° 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 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.4° / 153.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 0.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.12° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.00° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.59° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 136.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.