The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 2, 2108
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
5:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2299
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 | 357.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 176.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -17.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.17° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / -5.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.84° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 158.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.