The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Waxing Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
7:56 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1188
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 28.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.7° / 138.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 20m / -17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.88° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.55° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.