The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 2063
Waxing Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 PM
2:22 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1732
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 | 111.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 19.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.73° / 4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.77° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.