The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2006
Waxing Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
2:31 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1027
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 113.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 57.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 35m / 18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.10° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.18° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.