The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 2145
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
7:53 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2746
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.4° / 341.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.88° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.08° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.