The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 PM
5:27 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1064
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 | 145.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 26.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 26.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.12° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.17° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.