The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
76.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
2:48 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -173
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 54.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 12.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.25° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.39° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.