The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 2049
Waxing Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1559
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 | 75.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 90.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 6.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.26° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.09° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.