The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 9, 1905
Waxing Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 AM
9:29 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -222
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.2° / 121.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.04° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.84° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.