The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 21, 1900
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
5:10 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -273
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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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 Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 175.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -21.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.92° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.61° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| 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.