The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 2124
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 AM
12:21 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2486
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -15.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.16° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.72° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.