The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 1959
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
6:20 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 446
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 | 6.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 162.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 44m / -16.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.88° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.74° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 226.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.