The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 2131
Waxing Gibbous
83.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
3:47 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.3%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2573
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 | 131.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 58m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.70° / -4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.29° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.