The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
65.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 PM
1:59 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 108.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.1° / 63.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 22m / 13.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.69° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.49° / 1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.63° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.