The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1908
Waxing Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -185
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.7° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / -1.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.23° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.63° / 7.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.90° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.