The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 12, 2108
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 AM
5:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2288
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.8° 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 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 175.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.30° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.09° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.57° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.