The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 9, 1978
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
6:29 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 681
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 | 7.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 160.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.79° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.76° / -5.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.93° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.