The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1936
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
8:25 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 161
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 | 191.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 337.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.45° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.73° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.