The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 3, 2022
New Moon
49.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1233
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 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 98.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.99° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / 3.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.76° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.