The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 9, 2023
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
9:55 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1237
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 | 209.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 318.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 19.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.96° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.62° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.17° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.