The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2069
Waning Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
8:52 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1806
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 | 205.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.8° / 320.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 11.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.68° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.26° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.14° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.