The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 1995
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 AM
6:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.3 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 891
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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.9° / 166.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.31° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.82° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 218.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.