The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 2015
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
9:39 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1138
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 306.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 52m / 9.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.05° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.61° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.