The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 10, 2186
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:16 AM
5:13 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3264
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 | 357.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.1° / 175.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 03m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.63° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.44° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.