The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2017
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
3:27 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1163
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 | 128.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 47.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 14.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.88° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / 7.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.78° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.