The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 29, 1997
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
7:29 AM
5:39 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 928
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 | 0.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 170.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -18.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.05° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.62° / -5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.25° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 178.0° |
| 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.