The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
4:10 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 223
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 | 135.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 39.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.39° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.72° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.66° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.