The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 25, 2079
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 AM
7:46 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1939
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 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 143.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 34m / -2.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.82° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.24° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.