The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 2003
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:55 AM
5:05 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 989
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 | 358.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 172.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -25.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.07° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.71° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 21.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.