The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1965
Waxing Crescent
38.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.1%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 520
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 | 76.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 94.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / -2.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.25° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / 7.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.48° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.