The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
12:58 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 96.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 73.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 10.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.99° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.02° / -0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.79° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.