The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 2146
Waning Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:19 AM
2:46 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2758
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 216.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -16.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.35° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.05° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.63° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.