The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2171
Waxing Crescent
12.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
8:53 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.0%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3068
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.7° / 128.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.39° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 7.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.41° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.