The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 1923
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
5:29 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 0
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 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 174.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 27m / -17.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.67° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.15° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.