The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 2, 2009
Waxing Crescent
31.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
11:31 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 99.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.03° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.88° / -3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.05° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.