The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1915
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
12:06 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -99
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 | 280.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 42m / -15.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.16° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.56° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| 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.