September New Moon 2022: Jupiter at opposition

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moon phase occurs when the moon is directly between the sun and Earth. The two bodies share the same celestial longitude, an alignment also called a conjunction.

Celestial longitude is a projection of the Earth's own longitude lines on the sky; during new moons, a line drawn from the pole star due south through the sun would also hit the moon.

When there is a new moon, the illuminated side of the moon faces away from Earth, making it invisible to ground-based observers.

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