The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1958
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
10:08 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 433
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 | 231.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 293.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 43m / 3.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.90° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.52° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.