The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 22, 2145
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
5:35 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2746
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 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 175.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.32° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.12° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| 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.