The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 1994
Waning Crescent
6.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
3:26 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.1%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 878
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 201.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -21.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.63° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.73° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.