The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1947
Waning Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
10:09 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 297
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 | 214.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 313.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 50m / 18.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.54° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.12° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.