The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 3, 2051
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 AM
5:43 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1595
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 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 169.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -18.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.90° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.21° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.20° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.0° |
| 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.