The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2143
Waning Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
12:35 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2721
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 287.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -15.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.43° / -2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.39° / 3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.53° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.