The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 1956
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
5:21 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 408
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 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 174.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.95° / 2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.67° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| 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.