The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 9, 2045
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 381,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1509
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 262.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -8.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.50° / -3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.04° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.92° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.