The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 9, 2157
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
3:29 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2894
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 192.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -27.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.28° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.09° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.