The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 2010
Waning Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
12:16 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1076
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 | 285.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 244.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -17.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.83° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.77° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.23° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.