The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 AM
3:25 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1113
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 | 330.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 202.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.07° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.53° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.