The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2030
Waxing Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
11:43 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1324
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 | 69.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 96.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 46m / 4.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.57° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.88° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.