The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 2016
New Moon
0.3% 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
7:11 AM
5:26 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1150
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 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 175.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.41° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.53° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 125.1° |
| 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.