The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2085
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
7:04 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2012
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 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 157.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / -1.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.28° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.28° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.48° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.0° |
| 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.