The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 6, 1924
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
5:54 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 13
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 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 167.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.49° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.23° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 213.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.