The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1986
Waning Crescent
1.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 AM
4:19 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.1%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 779
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 181.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -27.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.16° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.40° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.