The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 2054
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
6:24 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1621
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 | 8.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 160.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.97° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / -3.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.90° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.