The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 24, 2011
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 AM
5:23 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1100
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 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 178.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 172.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.92° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.17° / -1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.29° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 143.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.