The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 21, 1938
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
7:31 AM
5:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 197
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 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 172.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.67° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.83° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 171.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.