The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 1928
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:58 AM
5:27 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- 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 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 169.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -23.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.75° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.53° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 9.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.