The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1930
Waxing Gibbous
66.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 PM
1:59 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.4%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 87
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 | 109.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 63.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.77° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.04° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.