The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 4, 2009
First Quarter
52.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
12:36 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.4%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 76.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 11.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.09° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.14° / -5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.73° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.