The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 2, 1980
New Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
7:48 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 705
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 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.3° / 346.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 18.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.38° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / 5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 145.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.