The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 9, 2068
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
11:17 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1794
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 | 63.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 101.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 25m / 1.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.66° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.46° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.