The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2031
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
8:09 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1336
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 | 190.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 337.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 03m / 16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.57° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.58° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.