The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 6, 2014
New Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
7:28 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1137
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 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 350.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.78° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.53° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 152.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.