The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 1916
Waxing Crescent
25.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
10:58 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -86
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 14m / -1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.82° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.69° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.54° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.