The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 2103
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
6:49 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2227
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 154.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -18.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.25° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.17° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.18° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.