The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 1946
Waxing Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 285
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 | 75.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 95.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / -3.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / 7.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.29° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.