The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
98.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 PM
6:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -210
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 3.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 30m / 19.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.01° / -3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.08° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.28° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.