The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2132
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2585
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 | 263.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 268.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -0.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.19° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.10° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.