The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2086
Waning Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 AM
12:27 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 394,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2016
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 | 287.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.1° / 242.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 16m / -17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.60° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.44° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.