The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2128
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 AM
6:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2536
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 | 5.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 164.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -17.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.11° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.54° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 230.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.