The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 9, 1922
Waxing Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
3:34 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -12
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 | 128.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 46.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 42m / 16.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.95° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.93° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.44° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| 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.