The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 2026
Waning Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:32 PM
11:02 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1274
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 | 247.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / 0.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.26° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 2.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.97° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.