The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2115
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 PM
6:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2375
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 5.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 26.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.55° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.10° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.