The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2030
Waxing Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
10:42 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1324
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 | 57.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 107.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.03° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.11° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.06° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.