The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 2011
Waxing Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
10:53 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1089
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
23° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / 0.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.93° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.02° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.69° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.