The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1992
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:07 AM
10:08 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 854
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 | 51.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 113.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -3.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.03° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.50° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.