The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 8, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
4:24 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1299
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 38.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 24.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.47° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.51° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.