The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 28, 2019
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
7:44 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- 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 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.7° / 146.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 22m / 3.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.78° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.96° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.08° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 191.5° |
| 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.