The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 4, 2135
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
4:25 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2633
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 | 353.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 182.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -24.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.32° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.18° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.