The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2070
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 AM
3:22 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1818
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 205.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.41° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.76° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.