The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2000
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
7:19 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 953
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 146.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.10° / -0.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.35° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.