The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2073
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
6:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1856
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.
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 164.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.33° / 3.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.72° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.