The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 29, 1978
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
5:34 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 692
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 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 172.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.11° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / -5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.05° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 157.1° |
| 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.