The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
3:20 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -247
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 48.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.78° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.87° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.24° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.