The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 12, 1918
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
7:32 AM
5:27 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -62
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 Jan 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 173.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -20.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.59° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.77° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| 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.