The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 2005
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
4:33 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- 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 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 177.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -28.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.29° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.27° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 43.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.