The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 2016
Waning Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
4:29 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1150
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 189.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.04° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.29° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.