The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% 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
1:13 PM
3:15 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 792
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 | 121.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 50.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.19° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.81° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.