The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 1986
Waning Crescent
4.7% 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
6:15 AM
3:16 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 779
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,300 km.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 196.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 31m / -26.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.42° / -3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.75° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.22° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.