The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2097
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
2:11 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2152
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 215.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -23.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.29° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 2.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.91° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.