The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 20, 2017
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 AM
8:05 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1172
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 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.6° / 139.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 17m / 1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.25° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.72° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.