The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 2091
Waning Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
10:29 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2078
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 293.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 6.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.63° / -0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.77° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.