The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 6, 2037
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
7:03 AM
5:11 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1421
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 | 356.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 177.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -18.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.28° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.92° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 132.4° |
| 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.