The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2022
Waxing Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:53 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1225
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.8° / 92.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 29m / -1.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.23° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.92° / 6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.40° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.