The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 2053
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
5:13 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1619
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 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 178.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.08° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.95° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.15° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.