The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 5, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
1:45 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 65.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 16.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.71° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.58° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.5° |
| 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.