The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 2, 2117
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
4:48 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2399
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 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.0° / 174.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -27.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.96° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.17° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 25.6° |
| 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.