The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 18, 2178
New Moon
0.1% 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
7:35 AM
5:34 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3154
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 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 171.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -19.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.39° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.96° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.64° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.