The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 18, 2007
New Moon
0.4% 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
7:49 AM
4:58 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1039
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart 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 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 175.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -25.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.28° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.88° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 40.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.