The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1917
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
8:39 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -74
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 332.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 18.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.92° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.08° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.