The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 30, 2024
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
4:48 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1261
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 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 174.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -28.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.74° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 7.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.93° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 21.9° |
| 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.