The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1937
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
2:49 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 173
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 | 325.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 207.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -23.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.70° / -0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.10° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.48° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.