The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 11, 2013
New Moon
0.2% 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
7:25 AM
5:43 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1113
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 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 171.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.06° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.91° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 146.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.