The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 4, 2182
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
7:12 AM
5:28 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3203
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.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 174.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.61° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.11° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 131.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.