The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 9, 2155
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:37 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2870
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 | 80.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 88.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 4.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.51° / 0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.11° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.13° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.