The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
11:09 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1039
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 | 250.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.8° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / -0.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.38° / -1.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.41° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.32° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.