The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 17, 2083
New Moon
0.3% 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
7:39 AM
5:05 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1979
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 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 175.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -23.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.93° / -2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.76° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 52.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.