The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1900
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
2:06 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.9° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.64° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.12° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.