The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1951
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
7:42 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 347
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 142.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.19° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / 4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.07° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.