The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 9, 2193
Waxing Crescent
41.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.4%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3340
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 88.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 5.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.82° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.00° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.54° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.