The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 3, 2049
New Moon
0.3% 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
7:19 AM
5:09 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1558
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
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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 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 176.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -21.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.17° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.81° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.