The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 1996
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
5:34 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 915
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 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 172.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.96° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.89° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 187.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.