The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2087
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
5:27 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2028
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 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 173.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.92° / 3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.56° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.