The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
3:15 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1249
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 | 336.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 195.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -27.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.96° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.81° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.