The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 2179
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
6:00 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3179
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 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 165.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -19.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.17° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.39° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.