The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 21, 2004
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
5:20 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1002
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 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 170.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.67° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.23° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.33° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 10.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.