The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 2044
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
2:10 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1497
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 | 109.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 21m / 17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.89° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / -3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.58° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.