The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 9, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
3:41 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1027
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 | 125.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.17° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / -3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.04° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.