The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1940
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:34 AM
5:55 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 211
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 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 168.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.80° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.06° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.46° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 191.8° |
| 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.