The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 1, 1967
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
4:56 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 556
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.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 174.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.30° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.06° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 359.8° |
| 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.