The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 1, 1951
New Moon
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
12:18 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 346
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.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -8.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.69° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.48° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.