The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 PM
2:23 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1262
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 | 112.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.8° / 58.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 30m / 18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.08° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / -3.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.39° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.