The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 19, 2053
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 AM
5:42 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1608
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 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 172.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.21° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.98° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.