The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2008
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
5:33 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1052
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 167.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.38° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.04° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.