The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1965
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
4:56 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 531
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 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 174.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.74° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.15° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 32.1° |
| 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.