The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2059
Waning Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
1:32 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1682
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 | 301.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 232.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.56° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.63° / -0.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.29° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.