The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 2, 2013
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:59 AM
5:09 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1124
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 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 178.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.43° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.18° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.