The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2098
Waxing Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2165
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.0° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 1.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.26° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.86° / 3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.21° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.