The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 2060
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
7:55 AM
4:42 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1706
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 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 175.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -27.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.94° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.67° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.01° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 26.7° |
| 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.