The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 1, 2058
New Moon
49.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1670
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 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 85.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / -0.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.76° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.34° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.