The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 1, 2014
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
6:01 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 356,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1126
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.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 3.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 166.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.64° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / -5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.02° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 216.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.