The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 4, 2144
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
5:15 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2733
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 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 177.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -18.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.98° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.50° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.