The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 2139
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
2:46 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2672
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 | 115.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.2° / 54.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 42m / 21.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.50° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.92° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.91° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.