The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 22, 2069
New Moon
0.4% 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
7:04 AM
5:34 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1806
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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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 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 175.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.50° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.26° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.