The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 12, 2032
New Moon
0.2% 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
7:22 AM
5:44 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 357,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1348
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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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 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 171.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -17.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.19° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.70° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 144.5° |
| 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.