The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 16, 1942
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
5:41 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 235
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 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 172.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -17.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.38° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.46° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.97° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.5° |
| 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.