The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2005
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
4:53 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1026
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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 174.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -26.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.68° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.34° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 354.6° |
| 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.