The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 10, 1929
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
5:00 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 74
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 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 173.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -26.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.55° / -3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.35° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 29.9° |
| 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.