The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 PM
7:17 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1435
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 | 171.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 359.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 23.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.32° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.