The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2118
New Moon
0.2% 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
8:02 AM
5:21 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2412
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° 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 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 170.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.07° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.79° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 11.2° |
| 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.