The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 22, 2175
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 AM
5:41 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3117
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.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 360.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 168.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -22.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.52° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / 4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.79° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 347.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.