The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2075
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1880
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.7° / 267.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -0.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.17° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.02° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.