The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 1925
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
7:23 AM
5:20 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 36
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 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 173.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 26m / -20.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.04° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.19° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.82° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 155.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.