The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
3:38 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1262
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 27m / 23.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.22° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.20° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.25° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.