The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 2, 2166
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
7:56 AM
6:07 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3006
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 | 5.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.0° / 163.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.19° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.94° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.7° |
| 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.