The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 7, 1923
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
6:50 AM
5:15 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 11
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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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 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 178.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -16.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.55° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.46° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.6° |
| 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.