The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2011
Waxing Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
9:55 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1089
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 116.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -4.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.02° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.87° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.