The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 1965
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
5:08 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 519
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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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 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 172.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.26° / -1.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.26° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 33.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.