The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2053
Waning Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
11:00 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1608
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 | 246.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 281.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / 1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.91° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.19° / 1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.30° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.