The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2058
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
7:54 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1670
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 351.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 24.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.03° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 316.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.