The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 1938
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
7:35 AM
5:30 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 185
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.7° / 171.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 42m / -20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.75° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / -3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.06° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 153.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.