The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 1999
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 940
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 | 260.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 36m / 0.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.17° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.80° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.