The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 2072
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
10:33 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 365,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1843
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 | 235.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 291.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 5.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.38° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.97° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.