The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1999
Last Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
12:25 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 260.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -3.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.18° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.96° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.