The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 1910
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 AM
3:38 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -161
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 | 338.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 193.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 47m / -25.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.96° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.35° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 360.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.