The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 1999
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
7:08 AM
5:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 951
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 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 175.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.64° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.19° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.50° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 151.5° |
| 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.