The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1913
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
7:33 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -123
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 143.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -20.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.90° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.87° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.50° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.