The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 1997
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
5:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 915
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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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 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 177.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.81° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.38° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.68° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.