The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 9, 2119
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
3:18 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2424
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,000 km.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 194.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -28.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.84° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.48° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.