The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% 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
3:42 PM
6:36 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1064
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 11.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 57m / 26.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.22° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.05° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.04° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.