The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 9, 2079
Waxing Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1930
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 | 76.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 0.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.10° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.01° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.