The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 31, 2089
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
5:35 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2065
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 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 172.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -18.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.36° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.83° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 158.1° |
| 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.