The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 2000
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
8:18 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 953
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 134.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -15.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.28° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.16° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.