The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 2074
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
4:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1868
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 | 138.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 36.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.42° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.38° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.