The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 3, 2146
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
5:26 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2769
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 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 175.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.17° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.54° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 161.9° |
| 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.