The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 2080
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
10:09 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1942
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 | 217.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.47° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.38° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.