Moon phase December 12, 2023: Today the Moon is in the new moon phase. At this point, the Moon is too close to the Sun in the sky to be visible. The moon rises and sets with the sun and is not in the night sky.
Therefore, the night sky is darker and a great time to look at other celestial objects. Like a full moon, a new moon occurs at a very specific time when the ecliptic longitude of the sun and the moon are the same and can be measured to the second of its occurrence. Visit the December 2023 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phases for this month.
New moon phase December 12 new moon light is 0%.
Moon Phase December 12 2023 Tuesday
This is the percentage of the month lit by the Sun. Lighting is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% per day. On December 12, the Moon is 29.02 days old. This indicates how many days have passed since the last new moon. The Moon takes 29.53 days to orbit the Earth and go through all 8 lunar phases.
Moon phase for Tuesday December 12, 2023 at 12:00 UTC
New Moon: The new moon is the phase of the moon on December 12, 2023, Tuesday. The surface of the lunar disk was not illuminated. 1 day new moon is ♐ Sagittarius. Stage information until December 12, 2023: Phase: New Moon Lighting: 0% Lunar age: 29.02 days Lunar angle: 0.52 Distance from the Moon: 380,80 .76 km Sun angle: 0.5 Distance from the sun: 1 7,279,921.80 km
Moon phase on Tuesday December 12, 2023
The current moon phase on December 12, 2023 is a new moon phase. Today the moon is -0.73 days old and 0.61% illuminates at a declination of -295.813°. The estimated distance from the Earth to the Moon is 378,160.95 km and the moon sign is Sagittarius. The phase of the moon on December 12, 2023 is a new moon phase. At this moment, the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth and is 0% illuminated (ie, the Moon is not visible to us in the sky).
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Due to the alignment of the sun, moon and earth, the side of the moon facing the earth is in total darkness. Technically, this is called conjunction or Syzygy.
Also during the new moon, the moon rises and sets at about the same time as the sun. This brings the Moon too close to the Sun’s brightness for us to see the Moon with the naked eye. Fun fact: The moon cannot emit its own light, it can only reflect sunlight and the sun’s rays. Since there is no sunlight during the new moon, there is nothing to reflect, so the moon becomes completely dark and cannot be seen in the sky.
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