The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 3, 1984
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
5:42 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 755
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 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 164.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -24.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.04° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.93° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.