The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 18, 1941
New Moon
0.3% 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
7:41 AM
5:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 235
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 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 167.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.36° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.59° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 225.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.