The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 2016
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
5:58 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1163
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 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 165.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.17° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.45° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.