The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Waning Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
12:47 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1175
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 254.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.39° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.63° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.75° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.