The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 2159
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
10:50 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2919
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 | 250.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.75° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.28° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.