The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 2105
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
12:25 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2251
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -16.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.16° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.09° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.