The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 2163
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 AM
5:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2968
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 | 356.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 174.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.39° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.31° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.2° |
| 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.