The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 5, 2108
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
7:55 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2296
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 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.4° / 145.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 5.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.87° / -1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / 2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.88° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 20.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.