The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 15, 1944
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
6:26 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 272
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 | 0.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 156.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -21.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.30° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.53° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 219.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.