The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 2083
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
10:52 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1979
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 | 248.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / -2.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.11° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.38° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.