The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1923
Last Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 0
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 264.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.12° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / -1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.92° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.