The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 1987
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:47 PM
2:11 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 792
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 61.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.08° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -1.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.96° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.