The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 8, 2040
Waning Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
12:58 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1447
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 | 285.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.7° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -9.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.62° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / -3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.32° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.