The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 2050
Waning Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
8:31 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1571
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 | 197.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 328.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.61° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.36° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.