The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 9, 2168
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 AM
4:58 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3030
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 178.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.63° / 1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / -0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.41° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.