The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 9, 2176
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 AM
3:02 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3129
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 198.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -27.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.91° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.02° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.72° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.