The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 2034
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:13 AM
5:26 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1384
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 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 174.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.23° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.88° / -5.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.53° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 167.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.