The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 16, 2018
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
5:24 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1175
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 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 173.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 35m / -19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.32° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / -1.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.01° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.