The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 4, 2173
New Moon
0.4% 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
7:16 AM
4:24 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3103
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 | 354.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 181.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -25.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.90° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.79° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.