The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 1942
Waning Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 235
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 | 263.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 267.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -2.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.91° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.28° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.73° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.