The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2002
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 AM
2:21 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 977
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 219.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.88° / 2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / -1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.07° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.