The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 2078
Waning Crescent
19.2% 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
3:46 AM
1:48 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1917
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 | 308.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.7° / 224.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -19.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.04° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.10° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.