The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 9, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
4:36 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1163
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 | 141.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 32.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 43m / 17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.61° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.64° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.