The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2003
Waxing Crescent
42.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.2%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 990
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 | 80.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 90.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / -0.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.86° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.03° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.