The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 3, 2043
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 AM
8:13 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1493
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 | 1.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 138.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 8.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.43° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.13° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.