The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1969
Waning Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
11:08 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 569
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 | 247.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 1.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.48° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.26° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.91° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.