The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 9, 2195
Waning Crescent
2.8% 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
6:47 AM
3:43 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3364
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 190.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -26.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.37° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.54° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.