The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 1960
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
5:52 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 470
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 | 3.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 167.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -18.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.46° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.79° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 224.8° |
| 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.