The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 5, 2010
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 AM
5:02 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1087
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 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 174.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -24.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.14° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.60° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 10.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.