The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2048
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
12:07 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1546
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 | 282.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.9° / 247.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -16.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.14° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.85° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.