The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 2005
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
4:17 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1014
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 | 348.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -27.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.16° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.75° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.20° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.