The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 1907
Waning Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
1:39 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -198
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 237.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 58m / -11.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.39° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.21° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.