The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
5:43 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1200
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 | 153.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 19.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 22m / 21.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.16° / -1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.91° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.