The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 2065
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 AM
8:45 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1757
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 | 35.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.8° / 130.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -11.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.73° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.41° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.