The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 2004
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
4:33 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1013
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 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 179.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -26.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.02° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.63° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.