The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 2021
Waning Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
1:37 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1212
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 | 300.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 233.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -14.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.09° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.70° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.