The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1912
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
11:27 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -136
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 58m / 2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.48° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.51° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.