The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2087
Waxing Crescent
25.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 AM
11:03 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.8%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2029
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 | 60.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 104.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / 0.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.46° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.65° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.