The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 1993
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 AM
5:54 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.7 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 866
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 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 169.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -16.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.03° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / -3.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.22° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 151.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.