Today the Moon will be in a New Moon phase. During this phase the Moon is to close to the sun in the sky to be visible. The moon rises and sets with the sun and is not present in the night sky. Because of this the night sky is darker and an excellent time to view other celestial objects. Like the Full Moon, a New Moon happens at a very specific time when the sun and moon have the same ecliptic longitude and it can be measured down to the second it occurs.
Visit the September 2020 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.
New Moon Phase
The New Moon on September 17 has an illumination of 0%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On September 17 the Moon is 0.05 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.
From Moongiant.com
You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase
information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in
when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.
