The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1997
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 AM
6:27 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 916
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Neptune close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 161.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.85° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.37° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.13° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.