The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 2101
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 PM
2:53 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2202
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.6° / 54.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 21.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.33° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.34° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.