The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 2185
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 AM
7:45 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3249
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 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.2° / 146.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / 3.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.61° / 3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.42° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 185.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.