The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1932
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
7:13 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 112
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 | 21.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 147.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -21.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.43° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.38° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.88° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.