The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 11, 1966
New Moon
0.3% 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
7:19 AM
4:36 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 543
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 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 179.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -24.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.78° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 4.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.04° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.