The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1926
Waning Crescent
26.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
1:43 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.2%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 37
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 05m / -12.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.43° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.75° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.01° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.