The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 1910
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
4:54 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -150
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.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.2° / 176.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 19m / -23.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.76° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.59° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.82° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.