The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1943
New Moon
0.4% 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
8:05 AM
6:04 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 259
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 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 163.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 49m / -20.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.34° / 3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / -3.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.40° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| 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.