The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 10, 2148
New Moon
0.4% 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
6:56 AM
5:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2794
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 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 179.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 50m / -18.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.37° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.99° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.1° |
| 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.