The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 7, 2179
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 AM
5:22 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3166
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 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 173.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.28° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.53° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.