The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 1971
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
4:53 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 605
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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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 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 174.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -26.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.11° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.70° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 14.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.