The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 1988
Waning Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
10:35 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 804
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 | 230.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 297.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 9.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.07° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / -1.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.41° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.