The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1975
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
6:02 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 644
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 | 3.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 165.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.95° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.51° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 216.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.