The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 1942
New Moon
0.5% 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
7:49 AM
6:14 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 246
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 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 162.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -16.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.04° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.76° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.