The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 5, 2019
New Moon
45.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.2%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1196
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 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.9° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.15° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.75° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.40° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.