The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 3, 2009
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 88.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / 5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.87° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.20° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.89° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.