The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 10, 1967
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
5:13 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 544
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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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 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 170.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -26.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.22° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.79° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 357.3° |
| 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.