The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 PM
7:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1101
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 | 172.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.7° / 358.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 20.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.59° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.32° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.