The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1975
Waning Crescent
7.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
3:12 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.1%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 643
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 203.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.10° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.09° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.92° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.