The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
3:38 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 928
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 | 130.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 45.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 14.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.45° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.58° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.