The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 8, 2018
Last Quarter
52.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 AM
12:17 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1175
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -1.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.70° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.60° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.