The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2003
Waxing Crescent
33.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
11:29 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 990
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 | 69.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 100.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 00m / -5.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.87° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.19° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.