The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
5:27 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2944
Events on this date
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Mercury, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 24.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 22.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.28° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.08° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.