The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 2148
Waning Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
10:08 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2783
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 | 222.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 304.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 12.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.86° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / -0.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.87° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.