The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
6:47 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1200
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 | 165.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 5.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 23.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.72° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.78° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.