The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 23, 2090
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
7:36 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2074
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,200 km.
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Total solar eclipse
The Moon covers the Sun completely along a narrow track across Earth. From Columbus, 19% of the Sun is covered at 12:17 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 | 359.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 03m / 0.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.52° / 0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.09° / -0.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.79° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 188.9° |
| 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.