The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 2031
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 AM
5:27 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1336
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 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 176.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -17.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.76° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.65° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.