The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1962
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
9:22 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 483
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 | 43.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 123.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -11.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.51° / -1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.51° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.61° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.