The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
4:42 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 928
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 | 142.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 31.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 45m / 17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.16° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.44° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.