The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1902
New Moon
0.2% 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
7:23 AM
5:37 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -260
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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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 172.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.51° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.98° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 145.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.