The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 1979
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
4:31 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 693
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 | 140.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 34.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.96° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.23° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.