The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
83.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
4:12 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.2%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 40.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 44m / 24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.27° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.30° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.