The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 2060
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1695
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 | 79.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 0.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.34° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.81° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.