The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 1920
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
5:41 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -25
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 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 169.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.54° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.22° / -4.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.92° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.5° |
| 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.