The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 2088
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
7:09 AM
5:14 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2052
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 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 176.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -18.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.07° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.19° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.7° |
| 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.