The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 30, 1967
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
4:33 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- 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.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 177.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -28.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.32° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.28° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.67° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 46.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.