The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 1, 2009
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
10:28 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 110.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -6.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.50° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.22° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.