The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
6:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 359,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 730
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 7.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 21.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.49° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.38° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.