The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 17, 2077
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
8:10 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1914
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 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 138.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.01° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.07° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| 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.