The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 6, 1904
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
5:12 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -224
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 Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 179.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.40° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.66° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.