The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Waning Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:03 AM
1:45 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 977
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 | 302.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.6° / 232.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.58° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.89° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.