The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 15, 1906
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
5:23 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -199
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
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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 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 173.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -19.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.70° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.38° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 162.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.