The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 2157
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
4:35 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2905
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 179.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -25.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.37° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.54° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 41.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.