The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 1927
Waxing Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 50
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 | 78.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / -2.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.55° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / 7.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.09° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.