The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 7, 1951
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
5:04 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- 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.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 172.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -27.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.75° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.56° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 11.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.