The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2160
Waxing Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
6:41 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2932
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 156.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.96° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.92° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.