The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 9, 2012
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
7:53 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 385,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1101
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.8° / 344.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 40m / 18.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.62° / -3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.81° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 140.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.