The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 1920
Waning Gibbous
81.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:11 PM
10:05 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.4%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -37
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 | 231.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 3.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.27° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.91° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.