The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1904
Last Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
12:03 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -235
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.85° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.12° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.