The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1982
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 PM
7:38 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 730
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 1:13 PM, is deepest at 2:55 PM and ends at 4:38 PM. Totality lasts from 2:16 PM to 3:35 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.2° / 351.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 15m / 21.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.45° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.