The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 9, 1939
Waning Gibbous
79.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
10:11 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.7%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 198
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 | 233.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.15° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.71° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.