The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 2021
Waning Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
2:15 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1212
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,400 km.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 219.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -19.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.44° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.88° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.