The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 8, 2027
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
6:12 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1287
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 159.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -22.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.45° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.34° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.22° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.