The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2095
New Moon
51.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2139
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 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -11.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.23° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 7.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.36° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.