The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 2015
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 PM
10:10 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1138
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 295.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 5.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.89° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.74° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.