The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 2107
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
7:41 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 356,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2276
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 344.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 36m / 16.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 113.07° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.26° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 152.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.