The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 23, 2071
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
7:32 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1839
Events on this date
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 33% of the Sun is covered at 12:35 PM.
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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 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 179.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 149.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / 0.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.00° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.99° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.