The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 8, 2037
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 AM
12:22 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1410
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 263.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -2.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.96° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.39° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.