The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 1921
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
6:13 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -24
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 0.6° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 163.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -16.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.15° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.17° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 221.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.