The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 2117
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2400
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 17m / 0.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.84° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.56° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.3° |
| 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.