The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 2054
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 AM
5:31 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1620
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 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.5° / 172.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.11° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.91° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.