The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 24, 2020
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
5:31 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1200
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 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 170.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.91° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / 3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.55° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 25.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.