The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2124
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
5:49 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2486
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 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 169.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.39° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.45° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.02° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 161.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.