The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 2056
Last Quarter
53.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.1%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1645
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 265.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -1.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.74° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.20° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.