The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 21, 2042
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
5:22 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1472
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 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 170.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -25.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.69° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.10° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.08° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 7.5° |
| 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.