The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 1972
Waning Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
12:07 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 606
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 | 282.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.96° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.78° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| 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.