The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 1948
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 AM
3:49 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 309
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 | 342.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.0° / 189.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -26.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.66° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.78° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.