The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2023
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
9:24 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1237
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 329.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 23.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.09° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.27° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.03° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.9° |
| 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.