The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 8, 2041
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1460
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 | 81.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 89.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 42m / 0.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.84° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.62° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.