The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 25, 2022
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 AM
7:36 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1233
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other 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 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.8° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 3.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.62° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.98° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.46° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 165.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.