The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 9, 1961
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 390,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 470
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 265.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -2.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.31° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.09° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.53° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.