The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1921
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
6:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -12
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 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 164.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.87° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.28° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.