The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1943
Waxing Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
10:27 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 248
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 | 43.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.2° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.39° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 1.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.90° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.