The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 2070
New Moon
0.1% 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
7:17 AM
5:30 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1830
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 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 173.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.90° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.42° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 191.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.