The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 1953
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
5:09 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 383
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 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 171.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.34° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.46° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 326.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.