The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 2026
Waning Gibbous
59.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1274
Events on this date
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Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -5.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.79° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.12° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.