The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 6, 2065
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
5:18 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1756
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 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 171.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -24.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.74° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / 3.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.02° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 16.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.